Amanda and Jenn recommend works of magical realism, portal fantasy, epic sweeping family sagas, and more!

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Books Discussed on the Show!

Half Resurrection Blues by DJ Older

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

War for the Oaks, Emma Bull

Palimpsest, Catherynne Valente

Sarah McCarry’s YA series, All Our Pretty Songs

The Son by Philipp Meyer

100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Sacred Games, Vikram Chandra

White Is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe

The Unicorn, Iris Murdoch

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

On Such a Full Sea, Chang-Rae Lee

Radiance, Catherynne Valente

A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar

Grimspace by Ann Aguirre

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie

Consider Phlebas, Iain M Banks

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

Incarceration Nations, Baz Dreisinger

Yes Chef, Marcus Samuelsson

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